Digitaloutbox

DigitalOutbox Episode 115 In this episode - Facebook buys Instagram. Microsoft buys some patents and BT doubles speeds. Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 2:09 - Facebook buys Instagram 7:26 - Microsoft buys AOL Patents 9:00 - Jack Tramiel dies 11:02 - Apple respond as the Mac trojan is verified 13:36 - DOJ sues Apple and book publishers over price fixing 18:04 - Google+ Refresh 22:13 - BBC Launch Sport App for connected TVs 24:51 - BT doubling Infinity speeds Picks Ian Pebble - E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android Caines Arcade - If you’ve got 11 minutes, watch this

DigitalOutbox Episode 114 In this episode the team discuss Project Glass, Privacy and Apple woes Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes

DigitalOutbox Episode 113 In this episode the team discuss Game, Racists, Kindle Touch and Paper. Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:42 - Game Enters Administration 6:10 - Racist twitter user jailed for 56 days 11:06 - Kindle Touch hits the UK 15:40 - Harry Potter ebooks finally available 17:49 - Dot scot on the way 19:19 - Friends Reunited Relaunches 22:02 - Shitter Picks Ian Paper - a blank slate of paper devoid of settings panels, menus, and adjustable line widths. - team behind it had an interesting history: a handful of them spent several years at Microsoft, with a good chunk of that time focused on the Courier - Fountain pen is only tool at startup - Free app but £6 for 4 tools - Write (ballpoint), Sketch (pencil), Outline (marker), and Color (watercolor paintbrush) - Simplicity and clear toolbar free UI is really nice. Great for sketching, but here’s the funny. A stylus really helps. - Undo is really nice - hold two fingers on iPad and rotate

DigitalOutbox Episode 112 In this episode the team discuss Apple and it's money. Mike Daisey, Game and iPlayer hits the 360. Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Picks Henry CloudOn - free office on ipad. - Now accepting signups Cloak - Zero config vpn app for Mac and iOS

DigitalOutbox Episode 111 In this episode the team discuss Encyclopedia Britannica, BBC, Yahoo Sues Facebook and homeless wi-fi transmitters Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:29 - BBC Boss confirms Pay Download Service 3:47 - DrawSomething is a hit 5:46 - Game warns investors 9:38 - Everything Everywhere should be allowed to offer 4G 11:16 - Virgin Media chosen to bring wi-fi to London Underground 12:30 - Yahoo sues Facebook 15:00 - Twitter buy Posterous 20:41 - South by Southwest breakout product 23:54 - Employers asking for facebook logins Picks Henry Bryce 7 pro - Free until end of march - Mac and PC - doesn’t work well with Lion Ian MacUpdate Bundle - VMware Fusion 4 ($49.99) – Run Windows and more on your Mac without rebooting - Drive Genius 3 ($99.00) – Optimize, repair, test, resize and clean up your Mac - PDFpen 5 ($59.95) – Edit and annotate PDFs - ForkLift 2.5 ($29.95) – File manager: FTP, WebDAV, S3, Bluetooth, and more - Typinator 5 ($33.00)

DigitalOutbox Episode 110 In this episode the team discuss the new iPad, Google Play and Halo 4. Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 0:59 - Apple Keynote 15:08 - Google Play 16:43 - Raspberry Pi 20:47 - BT and Talk Talk lose challenge over Digital Economy Act 22:44 - Lulzsec leader was working for the FBI 24:39 - Game and Capcom issues 27:49 - Halo 4 Preview Picks Chris DrawSomething - OMGPOP game. - Cross device app (Android, iOS) - Turn based pictionary in essence. You get to chose the word you want to try and draw. More coins earned for harder words. - Other person then gets to see a recording of you drawing. - Hangman style letters at bottom of the screen to chose from and make a word. - Once correct/pass, the recording of the other person guessing is then played back to the original drawer - followed by watching the other player draw their word... etc - Idea is to get the longest winning streaks. - Coins earn you unlocks - eg you start with a l

DigitalOutbox Episode 109 In this episode the team discuss Mobile World Congress, Windows 8 and trouble for Game. Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 3:00 - Mobile World Congress 16:40 - EU votes to cut roaming charges 19:48 - Windows 8 Consumer Preview 28:42 - Twitter figure out revenue streams 30:18 - Game will not stock future EA games Picks Ian Moom - $5 - Application/window sizer - Size an app to half, quarter screen with ease - Size to a grid - great for spcaing out apps easily - Create window layouts - handy for common task involving a few app’s....like podcasting, graphic editing, coding - A tool OS X should really have built in Chris Do Not Track + - Essentially a browser plugin that blocks tracking data from reporting back about your visits. - Chrome, FF, IE, Safari / Mac, PC - Stops an awful lot of ‘chatter’ that goes between advertising and tracking companies and social visit tracking through like/+1 buttons. - Stops analyti

DigitalOutbox Episode 108 In this episode the team discuss Privacy, Piracy, 4G in the UK and the Sony Vita. Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:15 - New Privacy Rights 8:02 - Real world Google Goggles 13:24 - Pirate Bay could be blocked in UK 15:27 - The Oatmeal on Piracy 18:21 - Nightline visits Foxconn 21:11 - 4G Rollout - up to 1 million will need TV filters 24:47 - 4G Broadband could hit the UK this year 27:34 - Sky Go hits Android 30:06 - Sony Vita Picks Ian Matter - MATTER will focus on doing one thing, and doing it exceptionally well. Every week, we will publish a single piece of top-tier long-form journalism about big issues in technology and science. That means no cheap reviews, no snarky opinion pieces, no top ten lists. Just one unmissable story. - MATTER is about brilliant ideas from all around the world, whether they come from professors at MIT or the minds of mad people. But most of all, it’s about getting amazing investigative reporters

Shownotes 1:36 - Mountain Lion - http://daringfireball.net/2012/02/mountain_lion 13:26 - App access to contact data will require explicit user permission 17:17 - Chinese authorities start seizing iPads 18:27 - Google Wallet Hacked 19:58 - Pingit 23:30 - Sony Music 25:07 - Most successful kickstarter so far 27:42 - Minecraft Lego preo-order 28:09 - MIT launches completely free Electronics course Picks Chris Fancy for iPad - Free - Don’t know whether we’ve discussed this on pod before - but essentially an app that highlights awesome products / design / concepts and, if available, will also offer a link for you to buy said item! - All sorts covered from gadgets, food, fashion, architecture, locations, photography, design - Love it to scroll through in quiet moments! Ian Clear for iPhone - Easy to use todo manager - Fantastic new UI concept - No buttons - very visual - No dates, categories etc - just lists and a visual way to sort and clear todos - Audio great to - £0.69, well worth trying

DigitalOutbox Episode 106 In this episode the team discuss Apple legal woes, Path choose the wrong way and rumours. Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:05 - Apple lose lawsuit in Germany 6:46 - Apple faces $38m fine in China trademark case 9:57 - FBI releases Steve Jobs file 11:30 - Path choose the wrong way 17:36 - Googles Bouncer for Android 19:32 - Chrome beta for Android 23:58 - Rumours Picks Ian Tweetbot for iPad - £1.99 - Fast, clear, great UI, mute options, tweetmarker support - So much better than Twitter official client on iPad and iPhone - Hope twitter don’t buy these guys... Chris FontSquirrel - As free web fonts ramp up - this site offers another selection of free (including commercial use) font packages that allow you to give your sites a little something different. - Another great feature of the site is the ability to upload a font you already own (and have the web licence for!) and use their online tool to deliver back down a full

DigitalOutbox Episode 105 In this episode the team discuss Facebook IPO , crazy photo copyright in the UK, gov.uk and BBC and Sky sitting in a tree. Mark Zuckerberg image - (CC) Brian Solis, www.briansolis.com / bub.blicio.us / CC-BY Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 0:57 - Facebook IPO 6:46 - UK Court says you can copyright the basic idea of a photograph 10:09 - gov.uk enters beta 13:50 - BBC iPlayer and ITV Player to launch on Sky Anytime+ 15:41 - Skys New Web TV Service 18:16 - Virgin Up Broadband Prices 20:18 - Twitter announces they have ability to censor a tweet by country 25:06 - British tourists banned after making Twitter jokes 26:55 - John Browett is Apples new Senior VP of Retail 31:28 - Minecraft and Lego get married Picks Ian ShowYou - Great video discovery app - Version 3 just launched - Find videos from your friends easily via Twitter or Facebook integration - Really nice scrolling grid views of video - technically very impressive - Free on i

DigitalOutbox Episode 104 In this episode the team discuss MegaUpload, Is Google Evil, Acta and Apple's record quarter. Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:12 - MegaUpload Shutdown 6:29 - Google user data to be merged across all sites under contentious plan 9:54 - Focus on the user Google search changes rumble on 15:37 - Apples Record Quarter 22:08 - RIMs CEOs step down 23:48 - UK signs ACTA 29:06 - Use pcAnywhere - disable it 30:37 - O2 Share your mobile number Picks Ian Snapseed - Easy way t enhance photo’s - Great effects can be added - New for Mac’s, coming soon for Android - iOS - £2.99, Mac - £13.99 Henry Muvizu for PC - 3d animation software - free for non-commercial use - based on unreal 3d engine - from Digimania in Glasgow

DigitalOutbox Episode 103 In this episode the team discuss SOPA Protests, Extradition Worry, Google dabbles with Evil, Facebook spreads outside its domain and Apple solves all problems everywhere. Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:05 - SOPA protests 7:27 - Piracy student loses US extradition battle over copyright infringement 11:10 - Google - What Were You Thinking - Update - Google mortified - - Also, vandalising OpenStreetMap - 15:55 - Jerry Yang quits Yahoo 16:22 - A big year...for Flickr? 17:29 - Kodak files for bankruptcy 17:59 - Listen to music with Friends 19:19 - Facebook Apps 22:07 - Facebook Verbs 23:55 - Apple Education Event 33:20 - Worlds first self healing iPhone case....from Nissan 34:25 - Lucas calls it quits Picks Henry Blue Icicle - USB converter and mic preamp combo that allows you to connect any XLR microphone directly into your computer via USB - Good quality - Easy to setup

DigitalOutbox Episode 102 Join Chris, Henry and Ian as they discuss Google+, Netflix launching in the UK, Virgin Doubling Up and CES Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 0:57 - Google Search plus your World - Twitter annoyed 4:19 - Netflix launches in the UK 6:32 - Roku to launch in the UK 7:50 - Zeebox and Sky tie up 12:25 - CES 14:03 - iTunes Match 16:08 - Virgin Doubling Speeds 18:03 - Microsoft taking pirates to court 21:41 - School ICT to be replaced by computer science programme 27:25 - rFactor 2 and Skyrim Picks Ian F.Lux - Makes the color of your computer's display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day. - Mac only - Free Chris 3D Laser Mapping - Next gen Street View? Henry Action Movie FX - Free app for iOS that allows you to add effects to your movies - Great for blowing up your colleagues

DigitalOutbox Episode 101 - Bloopers

DigitalOutbox Episode 100 - New New Twitter, Spotify App's, new iOS apps and some predictions. You can subscribe via iTunes, via the podcast feed or download directly the MP3 or the AAC (enhanced) podcast. Click here to view the shownotes for this episode.

DigitalOutbox Episode 99 - Say Goodbye to Flash Mobile and Best Buy UK and a little bit of Fenton. You can subscribe via iTunes, via the podcast feed or download directly the MP3 or the AAC (enhanced) podcast. Click here to view the shownotes for this episode.

DigitalOutbox Episode 98 - Nokia Windows Phones, iOS battery woes and Britain loves it's data You can subscribe via iTunes, via the podcast feed or download directly the MP3 or the AAC (enhanced) podcast. Click here to view the shownotes for this episode.

DigitalOutbox Episode 97 - Apple, Android 4 and poor old RIM You can subscribe via iTunes, via the podcast feed or download directly the MP3 or the AAC (enhanced) podcast. Click here to view the shownotes for this episode.

DigitalOutbox Episode 96 - Facebook Timeline, Amazons on Fire and Apple iPhone 4S You can subscribe via iTunes, via the podcast feed or download directly the MP3 or the AAC (enhanced) podcast. Click here to view the shownotes for this episode.